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Discusses alternatives to tree-based paper. Contribution of the paper industry to pollution; Efforts of environmental groups and activists to promote the use of recycled paper; Pursuit of publishers to find alternatives to tree-based paper; Information on kenaf and hemp as alternative sources for making paper. INSETS: Finding Fibers;Taking Action.

The article presents questions and answers related to saving and replacing paper. One reader asks for suggestions to get off catalog mailing lists. The answer to this question is that if some one is in the mailing list of a company then he or she should contact it directly as junk mail is a waste of time and trees. Another reader asks that why hemp has not replaced trees for use in paper.

Features the high quality 90 percent hemp and 10 percent cotton paper produced in Eastern Europe. International Hemp Association Journal publication on 100% hemp paper; Ukranian hemp farmers in Cherkassy; Paper production from wheat straw, rice straw, seed flax, cornstalks and sunflowers. INSET: Kenaf news..

Reports on the commercial production of paper made from hemp in the United States. Development of a technique to increase the production and lower the cost of hemp paper; TreeFree EcoPaper Co.'s sale of note pads and letter paper from a 50-50 blend of hemp and cereal straw.

Reports on the promotion of hemp as an alternative for making paper in the Netherlands and Great Britain. Dutch government's launching of a national hemp program dedicated to growing hemp for the manufacture of renewable tree-free paper; Britain's legalization of hemp cultivation.